TABLE 2.
Financial Ability to Meet Basic Needs and Post-Deployment Adjustment Problems in Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans
| Probable MDD, PTSD, or TBI (n=387) | No MDD, PTSD, or TBI (n= 715) | |||||||
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| Does not meet Basic Needs (n=225) | Meets Basic Needs (n=148) | Chi-Sqr | P-value | Does not meet Basic Needs (n=210) | Meets Basic Needs (n=472) | Chi-Sqr | P-value | |
| Homeless Since Deployment * | 12% (n=36) | 3% (n=6) | 11.437 | 0.0007 | 5% (n=15) | 0.2% (n=1) | 29.2159 | <.0001 |
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| Arrested Since Deployment | 21% (n=49) | 6% (n=8) | 17.2286 | <.0001 | 8% (n=17) | 5% (n=23) | 2.7638 | 0.0801 |
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| Current Alcohol misuse | 43% (n=101) | 31% (n=47) | 5.7214 | 0.0168 | 24% (n=54) | 19% (n=90) | 3.3614 | 0.0667 |
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| Current Drug misuse * | 17% (n=51) | 8% (n=16) | 7.0726 | 0.0029 | 4% (n=12) | 1% (n=8) | 6.8499 | 0.0055 |
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| Suicidal Since Deployment * | 14% (n=44) | 3% (n=5) | 18.4819 | <.0001 | 1% (n=4) | 0.3% (n=2) | 3.4542 | 0.0691 |
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| Recent Suicidal Ideation | 33% (n=76) | 17% (n=26) | 11.0290 | 0.0009 | 6% (n=13) | 3% (n=13) | 4.5624 | 0.0327 |
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| Severe Violence Past Year | 21% (n=48) | 19% (n=28) | 0.2294 | 0.6320 | 10% (n=23) | 4% (n=19) | 11.2641 | 0.0008 |
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| Other Physical Aggression Past Year | 58% (n=137) | 35% (n=53) | 19.6607 | <.0001 | 33% (n=73) | 19% (n=93) | 15.5854 | <.0001 |
Note.
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Fisher’s Exact Chi-Square used for small cell size.